but, now, a new law is going to change the way wildlife officials, themselves,ville to deal with the big cats. kpix5 john ramos tells us how roeurz the town of half-moon bay backs right up to lion habitat. occasionally a young lion, searching for territory, will get a little lost. >> and all of a sudden they pop out of the woods and find themselves in the middle of a subdivision. they don't know what to do. most of them go run up a tree and wait for humans to leave. they are not going to do. >> reporter: on this day, one year ago, the town was outraged when a game warden with the department of fish and wildlife shot two cubs found hiding in a backyard deck. at the time the department said it man dated the lethal response to protect the public. >> up until now it was safer to kill the lion than to worry about, well, if i had not stopped that lion maybe some day he might of hurt somebody. >> reporter: today they passed the signing of a new law that will change the wayward ens deal with lions found in populated areas. >> the legislation requires wardens to use nonlethal procedures on mo